Does Aperture recognize existing iPhoto photos published to Flickr?

I have almost 10,000 photos in my iPhoto 9.4.2 library on my MacBook running Mac OS 10.7.5. I'm considering upgrading to Aperture, and I am particularly interested in the advertised ability of Aperture to use my existing iPhoto library. Specifically, many of my photos in iPhoto are shared on Flickr, and I love iPhoto's integration with Flickr. When I update a photo with edits or metadata, those changes are pushed to Flickr automatically.

If I get Aperture and use it on my existing iPhoto library, will it recognize all the photos that are already published to Flickr and similarly maintain their Flickr versions?